Health Services Research Ph.D. Curriculum

The course content covered in our plan of study consists of the basic competencies regarding the healthcare system that are expected of Ph.D. graduates. 

90 credits are required for completion of the PhD in Public Health, Health Services Research concentration. 

More information regarding program curricula and plans of study can be found in the HSR PhD Handbook

All courses are three credits unless otherwise indicated

Public Health Core

  • HSA 6114 US Health Care Systems
  • PHC 6001 Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health 
  • PHC 6313 Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health
  • PHC 6410 Psychological, Behavioral & Social Issues in Public Health
  • PHC 6050 Biostatistics SPSS Or PHC 6052 Biostatistics SAS

Quantitative Methods and Statistics Core

  • PHC 6053 Regression Methods of the Life Sciences
  • PHC 6937 Public Health Research Methods
  • Choose two of the following: Design  & Conduct of Clinical Trials, Introduction to Applied Survival Analysis, Public Health Computing, Measurement in Epidemiology and Outcomes Research, Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology.  

Health Services Research Core 

  • HSA 6152 Health Policy
  • HSA 6436 Health Economics 
  • HSA 7106 Health Care Access & Utilization
  • HSA 7708 Health Services Research Methods II
  • PHC 6937 Social Stratification or PHC 6010 Social Epidemiology 
  • HSA 7759 Quality & Outcomes in HSR
  • HSA 6716 Survey Research Methods 
  • Research Focus Course 1
  • Research Focus Course 2
  • Research Focus Course 3
  • Research Focus Course 4
  • Research Focus Course 5

Professional Issues Core

  • HSA 6911 Research Seminar and Journal Club in HSR (0 credits Summer 1, 1 credit Summer 2)
  • PHC 6937 Finding Health Research Information & Communicating (1 credit)
  • PHC 7427 Ethics in Population Science (2 credits)
  • PET 5936 Grant Writing (3 credits) or PHC 7727 Grant Writing for Population Health Research (2 credits)

Teaching & Research Core

  • RSD 6900 College Classroom Teaching 
  • PHC 7979 Supervised Research for Dissertation Proposal 
  • PHC 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation 
    • 18 credits minimum of 7979 and 7980 in total